Our Photo Desk call-out for reader photos for the week of Feb. 11-17 is on the theme of love and relationships. Images uploaded to us through Flickr are contained in a separate gallery. This gallery showcases images sent through our custom upload tool. Our staff will pick a favourite reader-submitted photo to be featured in the Feb. 18 print edition of The Globe and Mail. (Preference will be given to photos taken during the week of the call-out.) To learn more, follow the link under the gallery.

Jamshid Tajdolat photo: Lovers in Paris - This photo was taken on August 26, 2010 In a cafe in Rue de Rivoli near Hôtel de Ville, Paris I was just walking by and saw them kissing, took one shot(Jamshid Tajdolat)

Hellen Mantha photo: The man I married - Where I met and married the most wonderful man in the whole world. I met him while we both were station at the Canadian Air Force Base in Metz France in the 1950s(Hellen Mantha)

Alexis MacDonald photo: Canadians Matt and Michelle spent Christmas in Dunedin, Florida. The weather wasn't balmy, but a day trip to Honeymoon Island made up for it.(Alexis MacDonald)

Benjamin Bensimon photo: SoHo Kiss - I was a few feet away from this couple as they became more and more affectionate - they were clearly in their own world. You could see the kiss coming a mile away...(Benjamin Bensimon)

Michael Kurchina photo: Love and Relationships - My wife of 24 years and I at Silverfalls (Thunder bay) caught in the light of the setting sun by our daughter.(Michael Kurchina)

Laura Petronzi photo: A surpise kiss! December 9, 2010: Rome, Italy. Ben and I were experimenting with night photography in Rome. I set the timer and ran out to meet Ben. I stood beside him and at the last minute he kissed me!(Laura Petronzi)

Patricia Barretto photo: Young Dancers in Love - Nancy Hitzig was present at the Opera Atelier photo shoot of real life dance couple Jack Rennie and Marie McDunnough. She captured this candid shot just before we nailed the final image.(Patricia Barretto)